The giant dragon emerged from the dark, boundless sea. Its winding body, interwoven with gold, silver, and black, combined the traits of metal and a water dragon. A chilling metallic shell covered its body in place of a dragon soul beast's scales, freely pouring out the cold, murderous pressure of a ferocious beast.
Blood-red dragon eyes blazed. Savage, menacing horns rose from the Iron Giant Dragon's head, and its open mouth resembled an enormous soul cannon. Metallic whiskers drifted in the wind.
The ruler of the Iron Sea, the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor!
The Gold Luring Device's disguise was remarkably convincing. Every metal-attribute soul beast that traveled vast distances to reach it had to experience three stages: confusion, realization, and boiling rage-a wild rise and fall in its beastly life.
The 500,000-year heavenly tribulation was imminent, and the Iron Sea Dragon Emperor's chances of surviving the breakthrough were vanishingly small. To him, a natural treasure of ultimate metal was undoubtedly a lifesaving straw.
The giant dragon had burst from the sea in excitement, intent on claiming the treasure for himself, only to discover that what had attracted him was a metal box, surrounded by the battle-ready Beast King Soul Engineer Corps.
The Iron Sea Dragon Emperor slowly lowered his metallic head, his voice like furious thunder. "Humans, you have some nerve! Repeatedly invading the Iron Sea and stealing metal from the seabed is already an unforgivable crime!
"Today, you toyed with the emperor of the Iron Sea, luring me here with a piece of scrap metal. Do you think sea soul beasts are made of mud?"
"Those words are hardly fair, Dragon Emperor."
The round-bodied master of Mingde Hall stood proudly between the two soul engineer corps, entirely unafraid of the oceanic ferocious beast with over 400,000 years of cultivation.